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Profibus-DPV1/SPA Gateway
Installation and Commissioning Manual
SPA-ZC 302
Although warning hazards are related to personal injury, and caution hazards are
associated with equipment or property damage, it should be understood that
operation of damaged equipment could, under certain operational conditions, result
in degraded process performance leading to personal injury or death. Therefore,
comply fully with all warning and caution notices.
1.5. Terminology
The following is a list of terms associated with SPA-ZC302 that you should be
familiar with. The list contains terms that are unique to ABB or have a usage or
definition that is different from standard industry usage.
1.6. Abbreviations
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conditions.
Term Description
PCT Profibus DP/SPA Gateway Configuration Tool
SPA Data communication protocol developed by ABB
SPACOM ABB product family
ABS AnyBus
ASIC Application specific integrated circuit
Ch/Cat/Dno SPA message format:
Channel, category, data number
FCh/LCh/Cat/FDno/LDno SPA message format:
First channel, last channel, first data number, last data
number
COM Component object model
CRC Cyclical redundancy code
DIP Dual inline pin
DP Data processing
GND Ground
GSD Geräte Stamm Datei, basic Profibus device
LED Light-emitting diode
LSB Least significant byte
I/O Input/output
MSB Most significant byte